History 278 - DECOLONIZING WOMEN'S HISTORY

Survey of women's and gender history with focus on race, class and sexuality. Draws on feminist methodologies to consider how study of women's lives changes our understanding of history, knowledge, culture and the politics of resistance. Topics include labor, racial formation, empire, im/migration, popular culture, citizenship, education, religion, medicine, war, consumerism, feminism, queer cultures and globalizing capitalism. Emphasis on class discussion, analysis of original documents, and the emerging, celebrated scholarship in the field of U.S. women's history.